Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice Cases

The breadth of our successful personal injury practice is evident from the following:

$7,500,000 settlement for the family of a child born with cerebral palsy as a result of oxygen deprivation during labor

$8,300,000 against gynecologist and general surgeon for perforating a patient's large bowel, resulting in a coma and reconstructive surgeries

$7,900,000 against an obstetrician for Erbs palsy resulting from delivery by a first-year resident after abandonment of the mother in labor

$7,500,00 for misread fetal test. This was the largest medical malpractice recovery in NJ in 2013

$7,500,000 against an obstetrician failing to diagnose a perforated uterus resulting in cerebral palsy, and spastic quadriplegia in newborn

$5,700,000 for a lower back injury arising from an automobile accident

$5,000,000 against an obstetrician and obstetrical nurse for failure to properly read fetal monitor strips, leading to hypoxia and cerebral palsy in newborn

$4,500,000 against an obstetrician and neonatologist for failure to diagnose fetal distress, and then failing to properly resuscitate the newborn child, resulting in brain damage and cerebral palsy to newborn

$4,000,000 for paraplegia following fall from building under construction

$3,700,000 against an obstetrician for bilateral brachial plexus injury to a baby, caused by delivery

$3,500,000 against family practitioner for failing to diagnose malignant hypertension, leading to severe vision loss of the patient

$3,500,000 against an obstetrician for failure to treat premature labor

$3,500,000 against obstetrical nurse for failure to properly read the fetal monitor strip, leading to a delayed Caesarian section, causing brain damage and cerebral palsy in newborn

$3,375,000 for neurosurgical error causing paraplegia

$3,350,000 against obstetrician and nurse for failure to diagnose fetal distress, resulting in brain damage to newborn

$3,250,000 against laboratory for misreading two PAP smears, delaying in diagnosis of cervical cancer, leading to metastasis and patient's death

$3,200,000 against laboratory for misreading a PAP smear, delaying the diagnosis of cervical cancer, leading to complete pelvic exeneteration, metastatic cancer and ultimate death

$3,000,000 during trial for 5-year-old with brain injuries caused by neonatologists

$2,950,000 against laboratory and internist for failure to properly perform and interpret a patient's PAP smear, delaying the diagnosis of cervical cancer and ultimate death

$2,500,000 during trial for diabetic plaintiff whose arms and legs were amputated as a result of inadequate exams (New York)

$2,500,000 against a nurse midwife and labor and delivery nurses who failed to diagnose and treat fetal distress

$2,500,000 against obstetrician and hospital for failure to diagnose fetal distress, losing the fetal monitor strips, delaying a Caesarian section, resulting in brain damage and cerebral palsy to the newborn

$2,500,000 for loss of vision in one eye due to failure to diagnose and treat a benign growth in the brain

$2,200,000 against an internist and burn specialist for vision loss due to medication

$2,000,000 against neurosurgeon for failure to diagnose and treat a spinal cord injury, resulting in additional partial paralysis

$2,000,000 against two nurse practitioners for failure to diagnose retinoblastoma, cancer of the retina, in a young child's eyes, resulting in metastatic disease and vision loss

$1,600,000 against obstetrician and radiologist for failing to diagnose down syndrome in fetus

$1,500,000 against SUV manufacturer for paraplegia suffered during rollover accident

$1,500,000 for blindness caused by post-surgical care

$1,500,000 for delay in diagnosis of prostate cancer

$1,500,000 for personal injuries due to construction negligence by roofing company

$1,350,000 for the failure to diagnose spina bifida by a radiologist and for failure by perinatologist to order proper tests